Eva Rausing's father pens tribute to Prince of Wales’s friend

Eva Rausing, the drug addict, who was a friend of the Prince of Wales, is the
subject of a book by her father.

Family handout photo of Eva Rausing as a teenagerPhoto: PA

By Richard Eden

7:28AM GMT 20 Jan 2013

After Eva Rausing's badly decomposed body was discovered by police at her house in Belgravia last year, the Prince of Wales was said to be “saddened” by her death. Now, her father, Tom Kemeny, is to shed new light on the drug addict’s friendship with the heir to the throne.

The former Pepsi Cola company executive is writing a book about his daughter to help him come to terms with her troubled life and death. “It is a tribute to Eva,” says a friend of the family who has seen the manuscript. “Tom wants to leave a lasting memory of Eva for her family.”

In the book, Tom documents Eva’s relationship with Prince Charles. She donated a fortune to the Prince’s charities, which is said to have been the source of some friction with her husband, the Tetra Pak heir Hans Rausing.

“Hans refused, point blank, to meet Prince Charles for 10 years,” claims the friend. “That tells you all you need to know.”

The journal includes a fake letter, on Clarence House headed paper, that Tom sent to Eva, to tease her about her friendship with the Prince. It purported to be an invitation to the Prince’s wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles.